Inside the Numbers

When arguing a point — the best this, the greatest that — no doubt you’ve used the persuasive power of numbers to bolster your argument. Opinions fall into three categories: lies, damned lies and statistics. Here are the nation’s best, presented without editorial comment, from a statistics standpoint:

POINTS PER GAME	RK	PLAYER	SCHOOL	PPG
	1	Tyshawn Patterson	North Greenville	26.4
	2	Trevin Parks	Johnson C. Smith	26.0
	3	Byron Westmorland	Bowie St.	24.7
	4	Tyshawan Good	Belmont Abbey	24.5
	5	Aric Miller	Armstrong	24.4
	6	Wali Hepburn	Lock Haven	24.1
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ASSISTS PER GAME	RK	PLAYER	SCHOOL	APG
	1	Mike Gabbard	Erskine	7.5
	2	Dino Mallios	St. Anselm	7.3
	3	Chris Tanzy	North Georgia	7.2
	4	Re’Mon Nelson	S.C. Aiken	7.1
	5	Travis Timmons	Southeastern Oklahoma	7.0
	6	Craig Nicholson	Fort Hays St.	6.8
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FREE-THROW PCT.	RK	PLAYER	SCHOOL	FT%
	1	Charlie Woods	Mo.-St. Louis	97.4
	2	Kenny Brown	Ferris St.	96.5
	3	Alex Hall	Drury	95.3
	4	Amry Shelby	Wayne St. (Neb.)	94.1
	-	Michael Weber	Mo.-St. Louis	94.1
	6	Jonathan Hawkins	Northwest Nazarene	92.6
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Related:
• Complete NCAA DII men’s basketball statistics